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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/qpdf-manual.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index 83cb6bf9..a2dff114 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -3082,11 +3082,18 @@ outfile.pdf</option> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> - A dictionary in the help output means that the corresponding - location in the actual JSON output is also a dictionary with - exactly the same keys; that is, no keys present in help are - absent in the real output, and no keys will be present in - the real output that are not in help. + A dictionary in the help output means that the + corresponding location in the actual JSON output is also a + dictionary with exactly the same keys; that is, no keys + present in help are absent in the real output, and no keys + will be present in the real output that are not in help. As + a special case, if the dictionary has a single key whose + name starts with <literal><</literal> and ends with + <literal>></literal>, it means that the JSON output is a + dictionary that can have any keys, each of which conforms + to the value of the special key. This is used for cases in + which the keys of the dictionary are things like object + IDs. </para> </listitem> <listitem> |